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📖4th graders tackling @ckschools American Revolution unit aren’t just reading history, they’re unlocking it. 🔑
By breaking down vocabulary before diving into the chapter, they gain the knowledge to understand the past and the skills to shape their future. #HistoryMatters
From fire starters to stone axes, these 6th graders turned evidence into imagination. 🔥🪓
Blending ELA and social studies shows students that words and artifacts tell the same story: knowledge fuels creativity, literacy, and innovation across time. #HistoryMatters
From fire starters to stone axes, these 6th graders turned evidence into imagination. 🔥🪓
Blending ELA and social studies shows students that words and artifacts tell the same story: knowledge fuels creativity, literacy, and innovation across time. #HistoryMatters
In @cape_sd, elementary students analyze questions about power.
Just by asking and answering, they gain it. The power to be informed, to dig deeper, and to chase ambition. History gives students more than facts. It gives them agency. 💪
#HistoryMatters
Civics begins small. Sharing space, solving problems, learning together. 🌟
Mrs. Macie’s 1st graders aren’t just starting social studies. They’re practicing the habits of community and the language of citizenship that literacy and history grow best together.
#HistoryMatters
Civics begins small. Sharing space, solving problems, learning together. 🌟
Mrs. Macie’s 1st graders aren’t just starting social studies. They’re practicing the habits of community and the language of citizenship that literacy and history grow best together.
#HistoryMatters
A maze solved with teamwork isn’t just a game. 🧩
It’s a lesson in communication, collaboration, and problem-solving. The very skills history classrooms cultivate when students wrestle with big questions and complex stories!
#HistoryMatters
A maze solved with teamwork isn’t just a game. 🧩
It’s a lesson in communication, collaboration, and problem-solving. The very skills history classrooms cultivate when students wrestle with big questions and complex stories!
#HistoryMatters
📖In Lauderdale County, TN, elementary students use John Henry by Julius Lester to study story structure.
Pairing ELA practices with history helps kids build knowledge, vocabulary, and comprehension while making reading meaningful.
#HistoryMatters
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What do 5th graders see when they study community leaders & freedom? 👀 🦅
They don’t just memorize names. Students uncover how ideas spread, how change happens, and how voices shape democracy. Isn’t that the kind of learning we want for all kids?
#HistoryMatters
The first spark matters. 🔥
4th graders stepping into social studies aren’t just learning the regions. They’re stepping into stories, vocabulary, and ideas to fuel their reading, thinking, and civic journey.
Social studies should be in every elementary class!
#HistoryMatters
The first spark matters. 🔥
4th graders stepping into social studies aren’t just learning the regions. They’re stepping into stories, vocabulary, and ideas to fuel their reading, thinking, and civic journey.
Social studies should be in every elementary class!
#HistoryMatters
Coach Gonzales' class engaging in primary source domument analysis on the Mayflower compact at SJ
History is best taught when voices of the past speak directly to the citizen leaders of tomorrow
From songs to primary sources, @StamStam193 explores the Constitution through multiple media that builds lasting knowledge. 👉substack.com/home/post/p-17…
When students and teachers connect to original documents, they don’t just learn history, they experience it. #HistoryMatters
From songs to primary sources, @StamStam193 explores the Constitution through multiple media that builds lasting knowledge. 👉substack.com/home/post/p-17…
When students and teachers connect to original documents, they don’t just learn history, they experience it. #HistoryMatters
In @PCSSTN, a student wrote about Westward Expansion then circled the words that answered the question. ✍️📚
That’s the power of history: building knowledge, literacy & confidence at the same time. #HistoryMatters
👇Democracy in action.
When 3rd graders run campaigns, cast ballots, and cheer the winners, they’re not just having fun. They’re building civic muscles, vocabulary, and the habit of informed participation.
History class = rehearsal for citizenship. #HistoryMatters
👇Democracy in action.
When 3rd graders run campaigns, cast ballots, and cheer the winners, they’re not just having fun. They’re building civic muscles, vocabulary, and the habit of informed participation.
History class = rehearsal for citizenship. #HistoryMatters
When the subject that prepares students for democracy is our lowest-performing, the alarm bells should be deafening for why history and civics should be given more attention, especially in elementary.
When the subject that prepares students for democracy is our lowest-performing, the alarm bells should be deafening for why history and civics should be given more attention, especially in elementary.
✨ When social studies and literacy come together, classrooms come alive! Seeing teachers lean into strategies that build knowledge and skills gets us excited because reading is richer when rooted in history. ✨
✨ When social studies and literacy come together, classrooms come alive! Seeing teachers lean into strategies that build knowledge and skills gets us excited because reading is richer when rooted in history. ✨
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